Griselda Garibay, Advancement Coordinator for the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative, gives insight into Haiti's past, present and future and describes how the organization empowers Haitians to create better lives for themselves. Haitian handicrafts will be available for sale.
This event is open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library’s 2014 One Book, Everybody Reads program, which is featuring the novel Claire of the Sea Light, by two-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat.
One Book Everybody Reads is funded by the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library. Community partners include The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Go Green Wilmette, League of Women Voters of Wilmette, Make It Better, NS (Modern Luxury for the North Shore), Rotary Club of Wilmette, Sheridan Road, Trees That Feed, Village of Kenilworth, Village of Wilmette, Wilmette Beacon, Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, Wilmette Harbor Rotary Club, Wilmette Life, Wilmette Public Schools District 39, and Wilmette-Kenilworth Patch.